The Round Table / Entaku (2014)
Comedy | Drama
Kokko (Mana Ashida) is a third grade elementary school student. Even though she has a family who loves her, Kokko is full of dissatisfaction and she admires loneliness.
Starring: Mana Ashida, Ryûhei Maruyama, Misato Aoyama
Director: Isao Yukisada
Grey Met Shrek / Kei yun fui gu noeng (2014)
Drama | Romance
Ordinary men and women want to hear fairy tales, they are eager to become an extraordinary actor and actress. Fairy tale endings usually equal to a happy ending, just like a fairy tales princess and prince full of happiness and expectation. But when different space and error paired together, that becomes an unexpected strange love story, when Shrek met Cinderella.
Starring: Ronald Cheng, Annie Liu, Sammy Leung
Director: Shu-Ning Hui
The Twilight Samurai / Tasogare Seibei (2002)
Drama | Romance
Set in the late nineteenth century, Seibei Iguchi is a low-ranking samurai whose wife has died of tuberculosis. With two daughters, Kayano and Ito, and an elderly mother to support, he and his family must survive in austerity. The moment that his daily work as a clerk, in one of the clans' warehouses is over, he hurries home, refusing to drink or eat with fellow samurai. Behind his back, his fellow samurai teasing him for his actions. The divorce of his childhood friend Tomoe leads him into a confrontation with her violent ex-husband, a high-ranking samurai. When word of Seibei's easy victory using only a wooden sword begins to circulate, his reputation for sword-fighting prowess begins to change his colleagues assessment of him.
Starring: Hiroyuki Sanada, Rie Miyazawa, Nenji Kobayashi, Ren Ôsugi, Mitsuru Fukikoshi
Director: Yôji Yamada
When Marnie Was There / Omoide no Mânî (2014)
Animation | Drama
A young girl is sent to the country for health reasons, where she meets an unlikely friend in the form of Marnie, a young girl with flowing blonde hair. As the friendship unravels it is possible that Marnie has closer ties to the protagonist than we might expect.
Starring: Sara Takatsuki, Kasumi Arimura, Nanako Matsushima, Susumu Terajima, Toshie Negishi, Ryôko Moriyama
Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi
The Con Artists / Criminal Designer (2014)
Action | Crime
Ji-hyuk is an expert safe-cracker who lives the highlife stealing antiques and jewellery with his team. Cho, a powerful and cruel gang boss threatens them to steal $150 million with him. Ji-hyuk plans to get revenge on Cho, but ends up falling into his trap. However, Cho later realises it was all part of Ji-hyuk's scheme. When Ji-hyuk, who was thought dead, reappears, hidden secret relations between the technicians also surface.
Starring: Woo-bin Kim, Yeong-cheol Kim, Chang-Seok Ko, Lee Hyun Woo, Yoon-Hee Cho, Dal-hwan Jo, Ju-hwan Lim
Director: Hong-seon Kim
20, Once Again! / Chongfan 20 Sui (2015)
Comedy
Shen Meng Jun is more than your garden-variety curmudgeonly old lady. She's so difficult that the stress of living with her has landed her daughter-in-law in the hospital. When she finds out that her family plans to send her to a nursing home because of this, she dejectedly wanders the streets until she comes across a mysterious photo studio. After taking a picture there, she discovers that she's reverted back to her 20-year-old self. What's more, her talent for singing and vivaciousness come to attract the attention of a handsome music producer and her own rocker grandson.
Starring: Zishan Yang, Ya-Lei Kuei, Bo-lin Chen, Deshun Wang, Han Lu
Director: Leste Chen
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014)
Horror | Romance | Thriller
In the Iranian ghost-town Bad City, a place that reeks of death and loneliness, the townspeople are unaware they are being stalked by a lonesome vampire.
Starring: Sheila Vand, Arash Marandi, Marshall Manesh, Mozhan Marnò, Dominic Rains, Rome Shadanloo
Director: Ana Lily Amirpour
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The Gigolo / Aap wong (2015)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
BARCELONA has Heartthrob outside type, due to once campus fights event and was forced to dropped out, happened to family of only economic pillar, and in market sold duck of mother spine appeared problem and shutdown, he had to back to work for his life expenditure, he of life also thus appeared shaking of changes…
Starring: Ronan Pak, Dominic Ho, Jeana Ho, Candy Yuen
Director: Cheuk Man Au
No Man's Land / Wu ren qu (2013)
Adventure | Crime | Drama | Thriller
A young lawyer from the city travels to the Gobi desert where he embarks on a series of adventures and challenges.
Starring: Zheng Xu, Duobujie, Nan Yu, Bo Huang
Director: Hao Ning
Maiko wa redî (2014)
Comedy | Musical
Country bumpkin Haruko only ever wanted to become a geisha, like her now-deceased mother. Initially rebuffed for lack of references, Haruko's strong accent intrigues a linguistics professor, who undertakes to coach her.
Starring: Mone Kamishiraishi, Hiroki Hasegawa, Sumiko Fuji, Eri Watanabe
Director: Masayuki Suo
Aagadu (2014)
Action | Comedy | Drama | Family
Shankar (Mahesh Babu) is an orphan who is adopted by a sincere police officer (Rajendra Prasad). But he is forced to leave and become a cop on his own. Shankar is a powerful police officer who uses unconventional methods to bring criminals to justice. He is posted to a village where Damodhar (Sonusood) is building a power plant, which is fiercely opposed by the locals. Shankar finds a personal connection after going to the village. Rest of the story is all about how Shankar sets everything right.
Starring: Mahesh Babu, Tamannaah Bhatia, Sonu Sood
Director: Sreenu Vaitla
The Place Where the Sun Sits / Taiyô no Suwaru Basho (2014)
Drama
Former high school classmates, now adults, hold jealous thoughts, hidden intentions and lust for revenge. Graduates from a high school have held reunions since they graduated 10 years ago. The high school itself is located 2 hours from Tokyo by train and past reunions were held by different teams for different areas. An upcoming reunion is the first time where everyone will gather again. Kyoko Takama (Asami Mizukawa) works as an announcer for a local station. Back in her high school days, Kyoko was the queen of the high school. Nowadays, Kyoko Suzuhara (Fumino Kimura) is the person everyone talks about. Kyoko was an ordinary student, but she now works as a popular actress. For the first time since their graduation, Kyoko Suzuhara appears in front of them.
Starring: Asami Mizukawa, Fumino Kimura, Takahiro Miura, Kanna Mori, Shingo Tsurumi, Aoi Koizumi
Director: Hitoshi Yazaki
Fatal Frame / Zero / Gekijô-ban : Zero (2014)
Horror
At an all girls' high school located in a mountain village, Aya (Ayami Nakajo) lives in a dormitory at the school. One day, she sees a vision of herself dying and becomes shocked. From that moment, she is unable to leave her dorm room. Other students begin to see a female ghost within the dormitory. Girls begin to disappear one by one. The girls that went missing all saw a picture of a girl who looked like Aya before they disappeared. Michi (Aoi Morikawa) lives in the same dormitory as Aya. Michi’s friend Kasumi disappears right in front of Michi. Michi thinks all the disappearances maybe caused by Aya. Michi tries to talk to Aya through her dorm room door. Soon, Kasumi's body is found.
Starring: Ayami Nakajô, Aoi Morikawa, Fujiko Kojima, Karen Miyama, Kasumi Yamaya, Minori Hagiwara, Yuri Nakamura, Kôdai Asaka, Noriko Nakagoshi, Jun Miho
Director: Mari Asato
My Man / Watashi no otoko (2014)
Crime | Drama | Romance
After losing everything in a tsunami, 10-year-old Hana is taken in by 26-year-old distant relative Jungo Kusarino. They live as father and daughter but share a profound sense of loss. Jungo works as a cook for the coast guard, leaving young Hana alone for days at a time. In wintry Hokkaido, Jungo and Hana both desire to fill their empty, love-starved hearts as they set foot into a forbidden world. Eventually, an elder benefactor in their small town learns of their illicit relationship. When he tries to separate them for Hana's own good, it provokes her emotional rage. Soon after, a murder quietly occurs atop the ice floes. With their dark secret, Jungo and Hana escape to Tokyo. However…
Starring: Tadanobu Asano, Fumi Nikaidô
Director: Kazuyoshi Kumakiri
Voyage (2013)
Drama
A young psychiatrist ventures into a lone voyage to fight his depression. On the sea he records stories of people departed from this world prematurely, while what awaits him on the shore is the ultimate irony of life.
Starring: Debra Baker, Sebastian Castro, Adrian Heung, Leon Hill
Director: Scud
Flirting in the Air / Tang bo hu chong shang yun xiao (2014)
Comedy
Captain Cool is a pilot for ICE Airline, a man with impeccable tastes in women. During a flight with Sam and Guy, he initiated the autopilot while they hit on stewardess on board. As their plane passes through a magnetic storm, they had travelled back in time to the Ming Dynasty, China. The 3 pilots meet with Tang Bohu and finds out that the Hua's residence is filled with fine women from all over China and best of all, they are hiring servants… Captain Cool leads the way as they 3 sex crazed pilots enter the Hua's residence and seduce the fine wives of Tang. Until one day, Cool meets Sheila a girl who looks just like his high school sweetheart. He soon realizes who his heart really belongs to. When Lord Ning a ruthless dictator invades the Mansion with hopes to take over, Cool and his co-pilots will have to defend the Hua's residence and fight their way back to the future to find his one true love.
Starring: Chapman To, Dada Chan, Chi Chung Lam, Sui-man Chim, Dominic Ho
Director: Aman Chang
Hot Road / Hotto rôdo (2014)
Drama
"Hot Road" depicts sad and fierce love between 14-year-old Kazuki and 16-year-old Hiroshi. Kazuki Miyaichi (Rena Nounen) lives with her mother. Kazuki does not like her mother's boyfriend and she feels that she is not loved by her mother. This leads Kazuki to get into trouble. Hiroshi Haruyama (Hiroomi Tosaka) is a troubled kid who does part-time jobs for a living instead of going to school. He is a member of the motorcycle gang "Nights".
Starring: Rena Nônen, Hiroomi Tosaka, Yoshino Kimura, Ryôhei Suzuki, Seika Taketomi, Rina Ôta
Director: Takahiro Miki
Au revoir l'été / Neighboring Sakuko / Hotori no sakuko (2013)
Drama
Noriko (Fumi Nikaido) prepares to take her university entrance exam. Her aunt Kie (Mayu Tsuruta) tells her to stay two weeks at her relative's (Makiko Watanabe) house as they went on a trip. There, Noriko meets Kie’s childhood friend Usagikichi (Kanji Furutachi), his daughter Tatsuko (Kiki Sugino) and his nephew Takashi (Taiga). The nephew came from Fukushima. Unlike Kie who is consumed by work, Noriko enjoys her short summer vacation.
Starring: Fumi Nikaidô, Mayu Tsuruta, Taiga, Kanji Furutachi, Takashi Ohtake, Ena Koshino, Kiki Sugino
Director: Kôji Fukada
Finding the Adolescence / Shishunki gokko (2014)
Comedy
Takane (Honoka Miki) is a teenage student interested in art. Her friend Mika (Misato Aoyama) wants to become a novelist. They are best friends and have developed feelings for each other. Their relationship though becomes shaken by the presence of Namie (Yukie Kawamura). Namie is an ex-novelist and works as a librarian.
Starring: Honoka Miki, Misato Aoyama, Yukie Kawamura, Rina Aizawa, Risako Ito, Karin Ogino, Akihiro Mayama
Director: Raita Kuramoto
Lupin III / Rupan sansei (2014)
Action | Adventure | Comedy
Interpol Inspector Zenigata begins a world-wide hunt for the infamous thief Arsene Lupin III.
Starring: Shun Oguri, Meisa Kuroki, Gô Ayano, Tadanobu Asano, Tetsuji Tamayama
Director: Ryûhei Kitamura
